Dejan Kulusevski blasts Tottenham teammates for Wolves defeat

Dejan Kulusevski has expressed his disappointment with the team's defensive discipline in their recent match against Wolves. He said that Tottenham were «too open» and need to work harder to improve their position in the league.

Tottenham suffered a 2-1 loss at home to Wolves on Saturday, allowing Aston Villa to overtake them and move into fourth place in the Premier League table. Manchester United, who are in sixth place, are now only three points behind Spurs after a 2-1 win over Luton on Sunday too.

Tottenham struggled to find their rhythm against Wolves. Despite Kulusevski scoring a goal just 34 seconds into the second half to equalise Joao Gomes' first half effort, Wolves continued to pose a threat to Tottenham's defence on the counter-attack. This pressure eventually led to Gomes scoring his second goal of the match after an impressive run by Pedro Neto.

Kulusevski said afterwards: «Nothing worse than losing so very tough. We had a lot of chances, we can't score them and then not enough discipline when we lost the ball.»

He went on to criticise the team's defensive efforts, saying: «They had two or three counter-attacks where we're not good enough and they made us pay. After that it is difficult to come back again in the game.

»We were too many guys up front. Too open and not running back as hard as we should. They could score a couple and that's not good enough.

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«We are not playing good enough, especially first half. We are not playing good enough and losing too many balls, so we have to get better.»

Tottenham have struggled defensively all